How to Maintain Your Scaffold Tower in Winter

The winter months are coming, which means colder and more challenging weather conditions. Safety always needs to be your number one priority, whatever circumstances you are in. But that is not to say that it is impossible to carry around scaffolding projects around the colder months. Just ensure that your scaffolding equipment is properly maintained in winter, and you will be fine. Here are a few tips you can use to make sure that you are perfectly safe in the colder months:

Scaffolding Hire Projects Need More Safety Checks In Bad Weather

For scaffolding hire projects, the cold weather can compromise the structural integrity of your scaffold towers, so this is why frequent checks need to take place, and don’t be afraid to do even more in the freezing winter months. Checking the joints and the connections, as well as ensuring the wheels haven’t moved in the slippy and icy conditions, are other measures you can do to ensure the safety of your environment.

Remove Snow & Ice From Your Scaffolding Rental

Scaffolding rental structures must have no ice and snow on them, otherwise extra weight is added to the overall tower. With more to carry, there is an increased risk of the tower falling, so getting rid of heavy snow and ice will lessen the load and allow your workers to carry out their tasks in a stable and secure environment.

Anti-Slip Coatings & Mats To Improve Safety

We have all slipped over on the ice and in the snow before, and it isn’t a pleasant experience. Now imagine doing that at height. Equipment such as ladder stoppers for your ladder scaffolding system, as well as anti-slip mats for your scaffolding, make sure that your staff can work without the stress of fearing a fall.

Increase Visibility With Lights & High-Vis Jackets

The winter months mean it gets darker later in the morning and earlier at night. Additional lighting makes sure that everyone can see what they’re doing, avoiding any accidents and improving efficiency. High-visibility clothing also improves your workers’ presence, allowing managers and colleagues to easily see where everyone else is, even in inclement weather conditions.

Monitor The Weather Forecast & Know When To Quit

The weather forecast is your best friend as this can prepare you to wear the right clothes, take the right precautions, and use the right equipment. If a severe snowstorm or rain and wind is so bad, sometimes it is best just to accept defeat and not carry out any work on that day. Nothing is more important than the safety and wellbeing of your clients, staff, and passersby.

Anything Extra To Know If I’m Carrying Out DIY Scaffolding?

Smaller, domestic projects are usually the ideal environment for DIY scaffold towers to be used. In the winter months, only carry out a project if it is necessary and if the weather isn’t too bad. If the work needs to be conducted, just make sure you have carried out the right safety checks, and buy the right equipment to ensure that work is done safely and without undue risk.

Don’t Forget To Keep Your Ladder Scaffolding System Secure Too

There’s not much point having a perfectly safe scaffold tower if the ladder scaffolding system that provides access to it cannot be secured properly. Take a look at the ladder accessories available on this website to make sure that ladders don’t slip, are durable in adverse weather, and give you the stability to access your construction equipment safely.

Keep TopTower In Mind For Extra Safety Equipment

The team at TopTower have years of experience in ensuring that scaffolding hire and scaffolding rental systems have the right accessories, equipment, and safety protocols to safely work in the worst weather conditions. You cannot down tools throughout winter just because of the weather, but you cannot carry out work unsafely either. Whether you have the equipment yourself, or whether you are lending it from us, allow us to provide the assist with our dozens of equipment types and materials to make sure that you can carry out projects safely, efficiently, and with stability. That way, you don’t need to worry about what the British weather throws at you.

For more information on How to Maintain Your Scaffold Tower in Winter talk to Toptower Ltd